Week 3: It’s the fifth straight season that the Jaguars are traveling across the pond to play a game in London, and it’s against the Baltimore Ravens, a game which seems to be becoming an annual thing (this is the fourth straight year that the Jaguars and Ravens are playing). For some odd reason, every game between these teams is a pain to watch on offense, and is a big time defensive game. In the last 4 games, the average number of points scored by both teams was a mere 32 combined points. From the Monday Night slugfest in 2011 that I’m not sure how the Jaguars won, to the facemask game in 2015 that, again, I’m not sure how the Jaguars won, every game seems to be an offensive struggle.

However, these games have always been close in recent years, and I’m giving the edge to the Jaguars. Yes, this puts us above .500 at any point in the season for the first time since September 17, 2011, so a near-2,000-day streak would be snapped with this win. But I’m giving the edge to the Jaguars for a few reasons. Number one, this is their fifth time in London. For Baltimore, this is their first. While the Ravens have never played a game in London, the Jaguars have a routine, and may even have a practice facility. The Jaguars know what they’re doing (although I’m not sure how Coughlin Time works in international territories).

Number two, the Jaguars always play the Ravens close, and are always in a position to win. In the last four meetings, the Jaguars won two of them. In the other two, they had a chance to win. The 2014 meeting had the Jaguars driving in Baltimore territory down by 5 points with 4 minutes left before coming up short, and the 2016 meeting had the Jaguars literally throwing the game away and handing it to Baltimore. This game is going to be close.

And, number three, the Jaguars are 2-0 in the 9:30 game. The Ravens have never played that early in the day, but the Jaguars not only have a routine for London, but they have a routine for playing at 9:30 in the morning. It could also be a look-ahead game for the Ravens. They play the Browns in week 2 at home, which should be a win. They have Pittsburgh, their big rival, in week 4 at home. After a supposedly easy win against the Browns, they could easily look ahead to Pittsburgh and forget about the Jaguars just like everyone forgot about Dre. When you combine all of those factors, it could be a Jacksonville win. I’ll give it to the Jaguars. Prediction: Win (2-1)

Last Meeting: Baltimore 19, Jacksonville 17 (9/25/16). This was the game where the entire city of Jacksonville officially jumped off the Gus Bus. If they didn’t after week 2, they certainly did after week 3. You can’t blow a game harder if you tried. Baltimore muffs a punt and the Jaguars recover at the Baltimore 39-yard line. On the next possession, Baltimore throws an interception and the Jaguars return it to the Baltimore 31-yard line. On the next possession, Baltimore throws another interception and the Jaguars return it to the Baltimore 29-yard line. In those 3 possessions, the Jaguars scored a grand total of 3 points, and picked up a grand total of 3 yards. Highlights

Week 4: I know how everyone else in this subreddit works. Everyone is all roses and sunshine and nothing but optimism around their team. Every team got better, every team is gonna go at least 10-6, and every team is going to improve off of what they did last season. Those toss-up games that could go either way? Let’s pencil them in as wins for your team. Every game that you’re the favorite in? That’s a win. Throw in one or two upset alerts (while your team somehow never manages to get upset), and you’ve got yourself the schedule predictions for the vast majority of the Offseason Review Series.

And I guarantee you that everyone that’s playing the Jets this year has that penciled in as a win. The guy that did the Browns review had the Browns winning by double digits against the Jets. If it were up to the other 30 teams in the league, if they’re playing the Jets, it’s a win. Jets are going to go 0-16 this year. They’re embracing the tank, getting ready to take over /r/The_Darnold, and are going to be one of the worst teams in the history of the NFL.

Yeah… I’m not buying that. The Jets are going to be bad. Make no mistake about that. They might even get the #1 pick in the draft. This is a team that is completely devoid of talent and veteran leadership. This is a team with an absolutely inept head coach in Todd Bowles, who somehow still has a job despite losing the locker room, and having players admit to it. This is a team that is likely starting Josh McCown at quarterback, a man who completed just over 54% of his passes last season, has gone 2-20 in his last 22 starts, and, at 38 years old, a man who probably belongs in a retirement home more than he belongs on an NFL field (he’s still coasting on that one fluke season he had with Chicago, and this one fluke play he had with the Cardinals that every Vikings fan is trying to burn from their memory). This is a team that drafted Christian Hackenberg. This is a team that looked at Christian Hackenberg and actually decided it would be a good idea to draft the guy.

But they’re still going to win this game. The circumstances are just terrible for the Jaguars in this one. For starters, the Jets have won the last 3 games against the Jaguars. The last time Jacksonville won against the Jets was in 2009; if it weren’t for Maurice Jones-Drew making one of the smartest plays I’ve ever seen, the Jets probably win that game and drive down the length of the field (in the second half of that game, Mark Sanchez was toying with the Jags defense).

Number two, this game is on the road immediately after we come back from London without a bye week. In fairness, the Jaguars requested not to have a bye week after London (and I agree with the decision; having a bye week in week four is terrible, and I’d much rather have the week eight bye that we currently have than having a week four bye). Having said that, considering the Jaguars are absolutely terrible with traveling (2-22 in their last 24 road games), I’m not counting on this game.

Number three, the Jets have to win something. They’re not going 0-16. Everyone on their schedule predictions is likely going to have this game penciled in as a win. I’m not. If the Jets are going to win a game this season, it’s going to be at home against a Jags team that is normally bad on the road, and a Jags team that is coming off of London without a bye. Prediction: Loss (2-2)

Last Meeting: NY Jets 28, Jacksonville 23 (11/8/15). One of the games from 2015 that the Jags deserved to win, but didn’t. I’ll chalk this one up to poor officiating (Brandon Marshall’s final touchdown hit the ground, and he didn’t actually catch the pass). I should also mention that in things that could only happen to the Jaguars, the Jets kicker got injured before the game, so Ryan Quigley was the kicker for the Jets that day (their punter). He went 4-for-4 on extra points. It was the first time he ever kicked an extra point at the NFL level, and he somehow hit all 4. Highlights

The colts lost to the jaguars in London last season and the next week played the bears and won. They played at home but the bears last year were better than these jets (their qb didn't suck). I agree, the jags are bad until they aren't, but losing to the jets in this situation would be unacceptable for this team.